Club owned projects

It takes great efforts to keep our beloved beauties airworthy. Qwed to the materials used at the times and the way they were built, these historic planes require an overhaul after the course of 15-20 years. The whole plane is taken apart, no srew stays unturned, fabric is completely taken off and recovered once the frame and the rest is considered good enough again fur the next 20 years. Lack of spare parts, finding the right people for crafts that might have been forgotten altogether, it might take years for a restoration but we try to make the impossible possible. Have a closer look at our porjects and see what we have achieved so far.

D-ENAY Fw 44 Stieglitz

Stieglitz

It did not take long to realize that tha Stieglitz we had aquired in 2002 at Walsrode needed a complete restoration in the coming years. Striving for a original condition we were not really ready to accept the former traffic sign that served as the instrument panel, albeit with the backside up, and started to dig deep into our first restoration project. Having had gathered experience with Ka 8 and Ka 13 we had no clue what we had gotten ourselved into. Apart from sharing a steel tubed fuselage and being covered with cotton, the similarities restoring a glider and a Stieglitz were just not existing. Here you can find a detailed restoration report Bericht and learn how we had to learn the hard way.

D-EQXG Do 27

Dornier Do27

The Dornier Do 27, we think that this very classic airplane should be part of any serious collection af historic airplanes. With that idea in mind we restored our Do 27 over many years, and we were really starting out with quite a good substance for the work to be done. however as with any project that is sort of like in between the real rare and the just rare species their is always the point when the costs of a restoration pass the realistic monetary value. It seems to be the case even more so today than in the past but we are committed and the feeling to save a airplane and bring it back into the sky is worth all the efforts and money spent. Find a detailed report ausführlicher Bericht of the work we accomplished.

D-EQXR Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann

Bestmann

" The Bestmann is basically complete, just needs new fabric..." Well, we almost fell into that trap when we were donated one of the last Bücker 181 Bestmann that was manufactured at the original Rangsdorf factory. It did not take very long before we found out that we were in for the real thing with this project requiring an extensive rebuilt of many unusable parts, maily the wooden structure that was beyond repair. Have a look at the work we've done and what lies ahead of us.Bericht.

D-4760 SG 38

SG38

Our SG 38 Schulgleiter projects is in the early stages as we only strated the restoration to get it back in the air. After 2 years of idling we finally found the right people and time to get started and hopefully we will be doing our first rubberband takeoffs soon, at least a new rubberband is here already.

D-ESPS DH 82a Tiger Moth

Motte

Our Tigermoth experienced some engine problems that ended in a forced landing in a field during a cross country flight in 2007. Unfortunately it did not go as well as planned and hoped for so at the end of the day a complete overhaul was inevitable and is currently been carried out. All the major work has been done and the final assembly should start soon.

Although the previous restoration of the Tigermoth had only been 5 years before the forced landing, the fact that we had gained a lot of experience with the QUAX Club and its maintenance helped us implementing quite some improvements. Right from the beginning we put our focus on the highest standards concerning originality as well as the technical details.

We were able to complete all the work so far in house, with only very few tasks contracted out, like to sandblasting of the fuselage. We would like to express our special thanks and appreciation to the Shuttleworth collection annd the UK Tiger Moth Club. Both provided valuable information and assistance especially with respect to the authenticity and finding rare parts.

It was a true nut and bolt job.